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Surrealist painter Navitrolla: only ideas remain
February 21, 2014 · 2 comments

Heiki Trolla, better known by his artist name Navitrolla, is among the most well known Estonian...

Estonian Eurovision rally starts: semi finalists of Eesti Laul part I (videos)
February 18, 2014 · 1 comment

Eesti Laul (“The Song of Estonia”), the national selection process in Estonia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, is...

Estonia’s global poet: Doris Kareva
February 16, 2014 · No comments

Doris Kareva has been writing poetry since the 1960s and her numerous books have won...

“Love in the 21st Century” – three days of Estonian art in New York City
February 6, 2014 · No comments

“Love in the 21st Century”, an exhibition by the Estonian Lithography Centre, displayed the works of...

Arvo Pärt premieres his latest work at Salzburg’s Mozartwoche
January 29, 2014 · No comments

The programme of the Mozartwoche (Mozart week), held in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthplace of Salzburg,...

In conversation with Estonian poets Doris Kareva and Jürgen Rooste in London: Dance of life and beyond
January 27, 2014 · No comments

On 21 January, acclaimed Estonian poets Doris Kareva and Jürgen Rooste presented their recently completed...

Tõnu Kaljuste wins a Grammy in the Best Choral Performance category for his work on Arvo Pärt’s “Adam’s Lament”!
January 26, 2014 · 2 comments

Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste has won a Grammy Award in the Best Choral Performance category...

Review: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir at LSO St Luke’s in London
January 26, 2014 · No comments

As part of the London A Cappella Festival, on 22 January the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir performed...

Book review: When Russia invaded Estonia – and Jack Ryan saved it
January 25, 2014 · 3 comments

The time is “present day”. Russia’s president is a former KGB officer who uses phrases...